METHOD FOR ENTERING BALANCING AND STATE OF CHARGE CALIBRATING STATE AUTOMATICALLY

1 . An energy storage system, comprising:

a plurality of energy storage nodes, wherein each energy storage node includes a plurality of battery modules; and

a control system comprising at least one processor coupled to the plurality of energy storage nodes and a memory configured to receive or store data and programming, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

perform operations in accordance with execution of the programming;

measure and record operational and environmental data of at least one component of interest within the energy storage system to provide raw data; and

determine an implementation of at least one of a battery balancing or calibration protocol of the control system for the at least one component of interest based upon an analysis of the measured raw data, wherein the implementation of the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol is based on a predetermined value of at least one of the measured raw data, a time interval, or an amount of energy throughput for the component of interest, wherein:

when in the determination for the implementation of the at least one of the battery balancing or calibration protocol, the processor is further configured to:

compare a previously acquired value for a state of charge for the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a calibration determination for a state of charge calibration, wherein when the calibration determination is a predetermined value, an operation state of the component of interest is switched to a state to implement a calibration, and the state of charge is calibrated to a desired level for the component of interest; and

compare the previously acquired value of the state of charge for a sub-component of the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a balancing determination for a state of charge balancing, wherein when the balancing determination is a predetermined value, an operation state of the component of interest is switched to a state to implement a balancing, and the state of charge is balanced to a desired state.

2 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , further comprising a power conversion system (PCS) connected to the plurality of energy storage nodes and an external grid system including an energy source and a connected load, wherein the power conversion system is configured to convert bi-directionally between direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) power.

3 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of energy storage nodes is arranged into a collection of nodes, each collection being paired with a distributed power conversion system to constitute a battery core.

4 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , further comprising at least one sensor arranged to measure and store the operational and environmental data in a memory accessible to the at least one processor of the control system.

5 . The energy storage system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one sensor is arranged to measure at least one of voltage, current, temperature or state of charge from the at least one component of interest of the energy storage system.

6 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol is implemented across an entirety of the plurality of nodes of the energy storage system or a subset of components including multiple energy storage nodes.

7 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , wherein when the determination is to implement the at least one of the battery balancing or the calibration protocol, the processor is further configured to change an operation for the component of interest to permit the implementation, and to adjust an operation of a remainder of the energy storage system to calibrate for a time period of the implementation of the protocol for the at least one component.

8 . The energy storage system of claim 1 , wherein in the battery balancing, each component and subcomponent of the energy storage system is adjusted to have a same or approximately a same state of charge (SoC) for a given time.

9 . A method, comprising:

measuring and recording operational and environmental data of at least one component of interest within an energy storage system to provide raw data; and

determining an implementation of at least one of a battery balancing or calibration protocol of a processor in a control system for the at least one component of interest based upon an analysis of the measured raw data, wherein the implementation of the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol is based on a predetermined value of at least one of the measured raw data, a time interval, or an amount of energy throughput for the component of interest, wherein:

when in the determining for the implementation of the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol, the processor further:

comparing a previously acquired value for a state of charge for the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a calibration determination for a state of charge, wherein when the calibration determination is a predetermined value, switching an operation state of the component of interest to a state to implement a calibration, and calibrating the state of charge to a desired level for the component of interest; and

comparing the previously acquired value of the state of charge for a sub-component of the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a balancing determination for a state of charge, wherein when the balancing determination is a predetermined value, switching an operation state of the component of interest to a state to implement a balancing, and balancing the state of charge to a desired state.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

connecting a power conversion system (PCS) to the plurality of energy storage nodes and an external grid system including an energy source and a connected load;

wherein the power conversion system is configured to convert bi-directionally between direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) power.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising arranging the plurality of energy storage nodes into a collection of nodes, each collection being paired with a distributed power conversion system to constitute a battery core.

12 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising arranging at least one sensor to measure and store the operational and environmental data in a memory accessible to the at least one processor of the control system.

13 . The method of claim 12 , further comprising the at least one sensor measuring at least one of voltage, current, temperature or state of charge from the at least one component of interest of the energy storage system.

14 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising implementing the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol across an entirety of the plurality of nodes of the energy storage system or a subset of components including multiple energy storage nodes.

15 . The method of claim 9 , wherein when implementing the at least one of the battery balancing or the calibration protocol, the processor further changing an operation for the component of interest to permit the implementation, and adjusting an operation of a remainder of the energy storage system to calibrate for a time period of the implementation of the protocol for the at least one component.

16 . The method of claim 12 , wherein in the battery balancing, each component and subcomponent of the energy storage system is adjusted to have a same or approximately a same state of charge (SoC) for a given time.

17 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising a battery balancing and calibration module, wherein execution of the battery balancing and calibration module by one or more processors configures one or more computing devices to:

measure and record operational and environmental data of at least one component of interest within an energy storage system to provide raw data; and

determine an implementation of at least one of the battery balancing or calibration module of a control system for the at least one of the component of interest based upon an analysis of the measured raw data, wherein the implementation of the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol is based on a predetermined value of at least one of the measured raw data, a time interval, or an amount of energy throughput for the component of interest, wherein:

when in the determination for the implementation of the at least one of the battery balancing or calibration protocol, the processor is further configured to:

compare a previously acquired value for a state of charge for the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a calibration determination for a state of charge calibration, wherein when the calibration determination is a predetermined value, an operation state of the component of interest is switched to a state to implement a calibration, and the state of charge is calibrated to a desired level for the component of interest; and

compare the previously acquired value of the state of charge for a sub-component of the component of interest to values derived from at least one of the measured raw data, the time interval, or the amount of energy throughput to provide a balancing determination for a state of charge balancing, wherein when the balancing determination is a predetermined value, an operation state of the component of interest is switched to a state to implement a balancing, and the state of charge is balanced to a desired state.

18 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor further implements the at least one battery balancing or calibration protocol across an entirety of the plurality of nodes of the energy storage system or a subset of components including multiple energy storage nodes.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein when implementing the at least one of the battery balancing or the calibration protocol, the processor further changes an operation for the component of interest to permit the implementation, and adjusts an operation of a remainder of the energy storage system to calibrate for a time period of the implementation of the protocol for the at least one component.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein in the battery balancing, the processor adjusts each component and subcomponent of the energy storage system to have a same or approximately a same state of charge (SoC) for a given time.